Shloka 9

अक्षद्यूतप्रवेशः — Kali’s Entry and the Initiation of the Dice-Contest

Devanagari script

य इमां पृथिवीं कृत्स्नां संक्षिप्य ग्रसते पुन: । हुताशमीशं देवानां का त॑ं न वरयेत्‌ पतिम्‌,“जो इस सारी पृथ्वीको संक्षिप्त करके पुनः अपना ग्रास बना लेते हैं, उन देवेश्वर अग्निको कौन नारी अपना पति न चुनेगी?

Transliteration

ya imāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ saṃkṣipya grasate punaḥ | hutāśam īśaṃ devānāṃ kā taṃ na varayet patim ||

Translation

He who can draw this entire earth into himself, compressing it and consuming it again—what woman would not choose Agni, the Fire, lord of the gods, as her husband?

Word by Word

यःwho

इमाम्this

पृथिवीम्earth

कृत्स्नाम्entire, whole

संक्षिप्यhaving contracted/compressed

ग्रसतेswallows, devours

पुनःagain

हुताशम्Agni (the fire-god), 'eater of oblations'

ईशम्lord

देवानाम्of the gods

काwhat/which (woman); who

तम्him

नnot

वरयेत्would choose

पतिम्husband

Speaker

बृहदश्व उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

बृहदश्व (Bṛhadaśva)

अ

अग्नि / हुताश (Agni / Hutāśa)

प

पृथिवी (Earth)

द

देव (the gods)

Sandhi Notes